Negligence at Jajarkot School Deprives Students of Grade 12 Exams

Jajarkot — Extreme negligence and irresponsible conduct by a school have been identified as the reasons why students in Jajarkot were deprived of participating in the National Grade 12 examinations. It has been confirmed that Shree Manne Dhunga Secondary School, located in Talegaon, Kushe Rural Municipality-2, failed to send the examination application forms and necessary documents of several students to the National Examination Board.

According to the Province Examination Management Office in Surkhet, the school initially registered the names of 136 students online but later collected revenue and sent the required documents for only 119 students to the Board. Consequently, only those students received admit cards and are currently appearing for the exams, while the remaining students have been barred from testing because their documents were never submitted.

Even more serious is the discovery that the school filled out and submitted a form for a student who had already passed Grade 12 the previous year. Naresh Kumar Bhattarai, Information Officer at the Province Examination Management Office in Surkhet, stated that the student's examination was canceled after this error was detected. When questioned why the other students' documents were not sent, the school reportedly claimed in a letter that the students had failed to submit their paperwork.

However, the victimized students maintain that they completed all procedures and submitted their documents to school employee Ghanashyam Singh within a few days of the application window opening. "We repeatedly requested Principal Surendra Bahadur Singh to ensure the forms were not missed," one student said. "In the end, our documents were never sent. If documents were missing, the school should have informed us, but they never mentioned it, and we submitted everything with the forms."

The students also complained that they paid 2,000 rupees each in fees but were not provided with receipts. "Even after completing the entire process, we were deprived of taking the exam; this is sheer injustice," they said. Local residents and parents have accused the school administration of playing with the students' futures through their negligence. They have demanded strict action against the culprits and justice for the affected students.

Such extreme negligence regarding sensitive matters like examinations has raised serious questions. While relevant authorities remain silent, innocent students have lost a year of hard work, questioning the very credibility of the education system. 

Principal Surendra Bahadur Singh previously stated that admit cards for some students might not have arrived due to missing documents. Grade 12 examinations began nationwide today, with 418,008 examinees participating across the country this year.